Inhaltsangabe

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery, or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from - and, over his three score years and ten, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country and much more.

In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don’t even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann gives him an opportunity to ingratiate himself with someone more powerful than him. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell. Whether or not he should do so is another matter entirely. Once Maurice has made his name, he sets off in pursuit of other people’s stories. He doesn’t care where he finds them - or to whom they belong - as long as they help him rise to the top.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Autor:
Gail Honeyman

Sprecher:
Cathleen McCarron

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 36 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
295

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
277

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
275

Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive - but not how to live. Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world....

5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional story, excellently read

Von
Ina Lambert
Am hilfreichsten
30.07.2017

The Cuckoo's Calling

Cormoran Strike, Book 1

Autor:
Robert Galbraith

Sprecher:
Robert Glenister

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 53 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
522

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
480

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
480

When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case.Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger...

5 out of 5 stars

Sehr spannend und ausgezeichnet gesprochen

Von
Ingeborg
Am hilfreichsten
04.02.2014

The North Water

A Novel

Autor:
Ian McGuire

Sprecher:
John Keating

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 40 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
9

Behold the man: stinking, drunk, and brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle. Also aboard for the first time is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money, and no better option than to sail as the ship's medic on this violent, filthy, and ill-fated voyage.

Educated

A Memoir

Autor:
Tara Westover

Sprecher:
Julia Whelan

Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 10 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
173

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
163

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
162

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her.

5 out of 5 stars

Great.

Von
Amy Patton
Am hilfreichsten
11.03.2018

The Female Persuasion

A Novel

Autor:
Meg Wolitzer

Sprecher:
Rebecca Lowman

Spieldauer: 14 Std. und 49 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
32

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
28

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
28

Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer--madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place--feels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she'd always imagined.

If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don’t even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann gives him an opportunity to ingratiate himself with someone more powerful than him. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell. Whether or not he should do so is another matter entirely. Once Maurice has made his name, he sets off in pursuit of other people’s stories. He doesn’t care where he finds them - or to whom they belong - as long as they help him rise to the top.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Autor:
Gail Honeyman

Sprecher:
Cathleen McCarron

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 36 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
295

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
277

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
275

Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive - but not how to live. Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world....

5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional story, excellently read

Von
Ina Lambert
Am hilfreichsten
30.07.2017

The Cuckoo's Calling

Cormoran Strike, Book 1

Autor:
Robert Galbraith

Sprecher:
Robert Glenister

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 53 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
522

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
480

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
480

When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case.Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger...

5 out of 5 stars

Sehr spannend und ausgezeichnet gesprochen

Von
Ingeborg
Am hilfreichsten
04.02.2014

The North Water

A Novel

Autor:
Ian McGuire

Sprecher:
John Keating

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 40 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
9

Behold the man: stinking, drunk, and brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle. Also aboard for the first time is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money, and no better option than to sail as the ship's medic on this violent, filthy, and ill-fated voyage.

Educated

A Memoir

Autor:
Tara Westover

Sprecher:
Julia Whelan

Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 10 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
173

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
163

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
162

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her.

5 out of 5 stars

Great.

Von
Amy Patton
Am hilfreichsten
11.03.2018

The Female Persuasion

A Novel

Autor:
Meg Wolitzer

Sprecher:
Rebecca Lowman

Spieldauer: 14 Std. und 49 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
32

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
28

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
28

Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer--madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place--feels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she'd always imagined.

Mythos

Autor:
Stephen Fry

Sprecher:
Stephen Fry

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 25 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
381

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
360

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
360

The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia's revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.

5 out of 5 stars

Herrliches Hörbuch

Von
Jan Onderwater aus NL
Am hilfreichsten
17.03.2018

Lincoln in the Bardo

A Novel

Autor:
George Saunders

Sprecher:
Nick Offerman,
David Sedaris,
George Saunders,
und andere

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 25 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
33

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
30

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
30

The long-awaited first novel from the author of
Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented. February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill.

5 out of 5 stars

Extremely entertaining

Von
Jasmin Humburg
Am hilfreichsten
26.05.2017

The Underground Railroad

Autor:
Colson Whitehead

Sprecher:
Bahni Turpin

Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 43 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
44

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
41

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
41

Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans, and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North.

Little Fires Everywhere

Autor:
Celeste Ng

Sprecher:
Jennifer Lim

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 27 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
222

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
208

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
207

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads to the colors of the houses to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter, Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons.

5 out of 5 stars

Wunderbare Familiensaga, genau hingesehen

Von
BaS
Am hilfreichsten
04.09.2018

Call Me by Your Name

A Novel

Autor:
André Aciman

Sprecher:
Armie Hammer

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 43 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
323

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
314

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
315

Call Me by Your Name first swept across the world in 2007. It is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

5 out of 5 stars

Verdorben für alle weiteren Bücher ...

Von
It's me!
Am hilfreichsten
17.06.2018

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Autor:
Benjamin Alire Saenz

Sprecher:
Lin-Manuel Miranda

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 29 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
202

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
190

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
189

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship - the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.

5 out of 5 stars

I love love love this!!!

Von
Nele
Am hilfreichsten
01.11.2018

The Absolutist

Autor:
John Boyne

Sprecher:
Michael Maloney

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 36 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
2

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
2

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
2

September 1919: 21-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian’s brother Will during the Great War, but in 1917 Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan’s visit. He holds a secret deep in his soul. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage.

I'll Keep You Safe

Autor:
Peter May

Sprecher:
Anna Murray,
Peter Forbes

Spieldauer: 11 Std. und 52 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
12

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
12

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
12

Husband and wife Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own Ranish Tweed: a Hebridean company that weaves its own special variety of Harris cloth, which has become a sought-after brand in the world of high fashion. But when Niamh learns of Ruairidh's affair with Russian designer Irina Vetrov, then witnesses the pair killed by a car bomb in Paris, her life is left in ruins. Along with her husband's remains, she returns home to the Isle of Lewis bereft.

Sing, Unburied, Sing

A Novel

Autor:
Jesmyn Ward

Sprecher:
Kelvin Harrison Jr.,
Chris Chalk,
Rutina Wesley

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 22 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

3.5 out of 5 stars
8

Sprecher

3.5 out of 5 stars
8

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
8

In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Award-winning
Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural 21st-century America. An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle,
Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississippi's past and present, examining the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power - and limitations - of family bonds.

Captive Prince

Autor:
C. S. Pacat

Sprecher:
Stephen Bel Davies

Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 48 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
26

Sprecher

4 out of 5 stars
24

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
25

Damen is a warrior hero to his people and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos, but when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a pleasure slave. Beautiful, manipulative and deadly, his new master, Prince Laurent, epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. But in the lethal political web of the Veretian court, nothing is as it seems, and when Damen finds himself caught up in a play for the throne, he must work together with Laurent.

5 out of 5 stars

Erstaunlich dichter Plot

Von
Evelyn
Am hilfreichsten
05.01.2018

Asymmetry

A Novel

Autor:
Lisa Halliday

Sprecher:
Candace Thaxton,
Arthur Morey,
Fiona Hardingham,
und andere

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 3 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
11

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
9

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
9

Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling sections,
Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, "Folly", tells the story of Alice, a young American editor, and her relationship with the famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. A tender and exquisite account of an unexpected romance that takes place in New York during the early years of the Iraq War.

Days Without End

Autor:
Sebastian Barry

Sprecher:
Aidan Kelly

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 58 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
6

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

Having signed up for the US Army in the 1850s, aged barely 17, Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, go on to fight in the Indian wars and ultimately the Civil War. Orphans of terrible hardships themselves, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in, they find these days to be vivid. Both an intensely poignant story of two men and the lives they are dealt and a fresh look at some of the most fateful years in America's past.